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Trans-Atlantic love costs American lady $50,000 … Duped by Nigerian fraudster
Damn, this woman should get the, 'most gullible person of the year' award, beyond any reasonable doubt. Read this article and get a good laugh. It amazes me to no end that folks can actually be this gullible and flat out senseless!! A sucker is surely born every minute. I feel really bad for her loss, but DAMN!!  And big ups de EFCC doing big tings in naija, know!! Come dem Rudboys' wicked auza blood clot strait... ya erd me mon?? 
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A 42-year-old American lady, who came to Nigeria from Texas, United States, with her wedding accessories to tie the nuptial knot with a supposed male American Muslim she met on the internet has gone back home heartbroken.
This followed the discovery that the man she had travelled to Africa to be joined to in wedlock was not the one in the photograph sent to her, but a 24-year-old Nigerian posing as an expatriate engineer, working in an oil company.
The victim, Thumbelina Henshaw, a Muslim, did not only lose her heart to the fraudster but also lost more than 50,000 dollars, as well as several gift items she had been sending to the con man through courier services.
When Henshaw met the fraudster identified as Abdulakeem Yekini, rather than yell at him for fooling her, she was said to have calmly handed him a copy of the Holy Quran and told him to seek Allah’s forgiveness. Already, Yekini has become a guest of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
One of the precious things Henshaw salvaged from the relationship was a 20,000 dollars worth of jewelry she brought to Nigeria. She had initially planned to present it to her heart-throb and his Muslim brothers to sell and then add the proceeds to the funds for the wedding preparation.
Daily Sun gathered that Yekini allegedly found Henshaw, a nurse, on a website for singles and began to chat her up.
Within a few days of chatting, Yekini knew the lady was a dedicated Muslim and decided to use her religion to ensnare her. He told her he was a staunch Muslim named William Phillips, an American, working in an oil company in Nigeria.
Yekini further told Henshaw that he has two children, named Hakim and Jane. Pretending to be Phillips, he also said his wife died in an automobile accident. The fraudster finally hoodwinked her when he told Henshaw he loved her and was looking for a dedicated Muslim wife, who would be a mother to his children.
When Henshaw asked him to send his picture, Yekini downloaded a white man’s picture from the internet and forwarded it to her. The chatting, which started in June 2005, snowballed into talks about marriage.
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02-15-2006, 06:40 AM
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old story!!!!
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02-15-2006, 06:59 AM
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old story!!!!
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Where on planet Earth do you live? Naija or UK? |
02-15-2006, 07:03 AM
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Where on planet Earth do you live? Naija or UK?
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how does that concern u where i lif? 
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02-15-2006, 07:34 AM
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Originally Posted by olofofogal
how does that concern u where i lif?
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Good question!! Ok, let me be more direct. Where did you hear/read of this report before, at? |
02-15-2006, 08:09 AM
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Good question!! Ok, let me be more direct. Where did you hear/read of this report before, at?
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from the sun newspaper online!!!  |
02-15-2006, 09:17 AM
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from the sun newspaper online!!! |
Well the date on the article says Tuesday, February 14, 2006, that was yesterday, the same day I posted the article. So how is the story old news? |
02-15-2006, 09:22 AM
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Really sad,felt for her though,that's cyber lie lie.Lol
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02-15-2006, 09:30 AM
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02-15-2006, 10:28 AM
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cyber loff again?? never true
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02-15-2006, 10:38 AM
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At least they should've learnt from other pples experience now.
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